The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the North West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within IBM Lotus Software.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 236 223 192
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -31
Permanent jobs citing Lotus 18 22 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.250% 0.310% 0.591%
As % of the Vendors category 0.545% 0.667% 1.174%
Number of salaries quoted 9 21 33
Average salary £43,250 £41,250 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.84% +35.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,100 £60,000 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £36,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +21.66%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3303 3298 3408
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.79% 46.54% 50.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2732 2838 2963
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Lotus
England

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lotus across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West Lotus Jobs Demand Trend

Lotus
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lotus across the North West region.

North West Lotus Salary Trend

Lotus
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lotus across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Lotus Salary Histogram

Lotus
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -4 15 £43,250 -1.70%
Cheshire +5 3 - -
Lotus
England

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Lotus also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Lotus.

1 22 (84.62%) Cisco
1 22 (84.62%) IBM
1 22 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (61.54%) Lotus Notes
3 15 (57.69%) SharePoint
4 14 (53.85%) Service Delivery
5 13 (50.00%) Advertising
5 13 (50.00%) IronPort
5 13 (50.00%) Lync
5 13 (50.00%) MS Exchange
5 13 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 13 (50.00%) IBM Certification
6 11 (42.31%) VMware
7 10 (38.46%) SAN
7 10 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (34.62%) EMC
8 9 (34.62%) WAN
8 9 (34.62%) Tivoli
8 9 (34.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 9 (34.62%) Cognos
8 9 (34.62%) AIX
8 9 (34.62%) Linux
8 9 (34.62%) WebSphere
8 9 (34.62%) Xen
9 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
9 8 (30.77%) High Availability
9 8 (30.77%) WAN Optimisation
9 8 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (30.77%) Riverbed
9 8 (30.77%) Business Continuity

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Lotus also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Lotus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (34.62%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 16 (61.54%) Lotus Notes
2 15 (57.69%) SharePoint
3 13 (50.00%) Lync
3 13 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) SAN
2 9 (34.62%) WAN
3 8 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
3 8 (30.77%) Firewall
4 1 (3.846%) LAN
4 1 (3.846%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (50.00%) Advertising
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
3 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Team Leader
2 9 (34.62%) Consultant
2 9 (34.62%) Sales Consultant
2 9 (34.62%) Technical Consultant
2 9 (34.62%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 9 (34.62%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (7.692%) Support Analyst
3 2 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) IT Support
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Resource Manager
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Support
4 1 (3.846%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) AIX
1 9 (34.62%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (11.54%) Windows XP
3 2 (7.692%) Windows 2000
3 2 (7.692%) UNIX
4 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Service Delivery
2 8 (30.77%) High Availability
2 8 (30.77%) WAN Optimisation
2 8 (30.77%) Business Continuity
2 8 (30.77%) Validation
2 8 (30.77%) ITSM
2 8 (30.77%) Service Management
3 1 (3.846%) Performance Management
3 1 (3.846%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) IBM Certification
2 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (34.62%) Xen
3 2 (7.692%) Terminal Services
4 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) Tivoli
1 9 (34.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 22 (84.62%) Cisco
1 22 (84.62%) IBM
1 22 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (50.00%) IronPort
3 11 (42.31%) VMware
4 9 (34.62%) EMC
4 9 (34.62%) Cognos
5 8 (30.77%) Riverbed
5 8 (30.77%) Juniper
5 8 (30.77%) Isilon
6 1 (3.846%) HP
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